After twelve (12) months for power boilers, twenty-four (24) months for low pressure steam heating, hot water heating and hot water supply boilers, and thirty-six (36) months for pressure vessels following the date on which this act becomes effective, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to operate in this state a boiler or pressure vessel covered by this act, including boilers and pressure vessels covered by owner-user inspection service provided for in Section 14, without a valid certificate of operation. The operation of a boiler or pressure vessel without such certificate of operation, or at a pressure exceeding that specified in such certificate of operation or in violation of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated under it, shall constitute a misdemeanor on the part of the owner, user or operator thereof. Each day of such unlawful operation shall be deemed a separate offense.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 252, § 15.